Bonus
This claim was first printed in 1546 in The Proverbs of John Heywood, whose narrator laments that “You set circumquaques to make me believe” it. For 10 points each:
[10h] State this proposition. While a 1638 book by John Wilkins on a Discovery of a World in a certain place presents it as something only a “Country Peasant” would fall for, a 1902 Clark University study found that at least 18 children literally believed it.
ANSWER: “the moon is made of green cheese” [accept obvious equivalents that mention both the moon and cheese] (Wilkins’s book is The Discovery of a World in the Moone.)
[10e] This economist wrote that unemployment exists because “people want the moon,” but a central bank acts as a placating “green cheese factory,” in General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money.
ANSWER: John Maynard Keynes (“canes”)
[10m] A phrase about “bread, butter, and green cheese” is a shibboleth in this European language with about 500,000 speakers, a close relative of English.
ANSWER: West Frisian [or Fries; or Frysk]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |